Photo of the Day - Friday 11 August 2017

Josefa Moynihan

'Two billowing clouds that moved off quickly over Welcome Bay Tauranga. Taken 19 July 2017 at 15:45' wrote Josefa.

Photo of the Day - Thursday 10 August 2017

Johan Ackerman

'Hi James, photo taken on on 5 August 2017 at sunrise from the Tinopai camp site looking across the Kaipara harbour with a chilly northeasterly pushing the cloud fronds toward the palm tree fronds! Taken on my Windows 10 phone' wrote Johan.

Photo of the Day - Wednesday 9 August 2017

Emily Shrosbree

'Brockenspectre near Table Top on our way down from a day walk to Mt Hector in the Tararuas, taken 16:00 on Sunday 30 July 2017' wrote Emily.

Photo of the Day - Tuesday 8 August 2017

Lawrie Mead

Lawrie wrote 'Fata Morgana Mirage from Yacht Tiama near Cross Island, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Circle taken at 14:28 on 28 July 2017. A Fata Morgana is a 'superior mirage' occurring when the air below the line of sight is colder than the air above it - so the mirage is displayed above the actual object because of refraction. The objects can get stretched vertically and/or horizontally and less commonly completely inverted (Fata Morgana Invertatum). The photo here is of the inverted type. The normal temperature gradient has warm air sitting on the land - so the mirage is below the object (an 'inferior mirage'). It is thought that some of the early explorers may have been confused by these mirages and seen cliffs when there were none - leading them to believe their path was a dead end.'

Photo of the Day - Monday 7 August 2017

Mark Boere

'Taken in Greymouth (over the Hockey Turf) looking southwest at 17:08 on 1 August 2017. In talking with others we'd not seen a cloud system like this before here, and many thought it looked like a 'norwester arch' from Canterbury. My daughter said it looked like 'waves', was shot on a Galaxy S5' wrote Mark.

Photo of the Day - Sunday 6 August 2017

Dennis Hynes

'Hi James, halo around the sun reflected in light high cloud as the sun makes its way over the summit of Mt Ruapehu onto the turoa ski field at 09:30 on 3 August 2017. A very welcome sight given the extremely icy slopes which had frozen over again after the groomers had finished. regards Dennis.'

Photo of the Day - Saturday 5 August 2017

Marion Jackson

Marion wrote 'fabulously stunning cirrus radiatus clouds over Auckland taken from Mt Wellington at 14:51 on 31 July 2017. I haven't ever seen this before, but good ol' Google said: cirrus radiatus clouds are formed due to convection currents being created in the unstable layers of the upper atmosphere.

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